Utricularia pulchra is a small, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to New Guinea. U. pulchra grows as a lithophyte or terrestrial plant among mosses in wet sand or rocks and on wet cliffs at altitudes from 2,250 m (7,382 ft) to 3,100 m (10,171 ft). It was originally described by Peter Taylor in 1977.[1]

Utricularia pulchra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lentibulariaceae
Genus:	Utricularia
Subgenus:	Utricularia subg. Bivalvaria
Section:	Utricularia sect. Phyllaria
Species:	U. pulchra
Binomial name
Utricularia pulchra P.Taylor
Synonyms
[U. striatula Ridl.]

See also

• List of Utricularia species

References

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